Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis: Timing of antimicrobial therapy and prognosis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-53

  Fang, C T ^a   Chen, Y C ^a   Chang, S C ^a   Sau, W Y ^b   Luh, K T ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MORTALITY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033954249     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/93.1.45     Document Type: Article

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